Sacrificial lambs that ended up winning the election

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Chris Coons is the best answer. Was supposed to lose in a landslide to Mike Castle, ended up facing Christine "Not a Witch" O'Donnell.

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There's also a long list of Congressman who were basically Some Dudes who lucked into running against an incumbent that suffered a major scandal during the campaign.

Chris Smith, Michael P. Flanagan, Joseph Cao, Tim Mahoney, ect.


There's also a handful of the 2006/2010 freshman class that were longshots swept in by a wave. Chip Cravaak, Nancy Boyda, Dave Loebsack. My favorite is Carol Shea-Porter, who Howard Dean couldn't even remember the name of on Election night.

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Don't be silly, guys. CSP's seat was always Safe D; we all knew the angry NH women would turn out for her.

Honestly it's amazing male Republicans are competitive in New Hampshire at all.